voting machines, 2008 10.1. voting machines, 2008 10.2 voting in elections l how are votes counted...
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Voting Machines, 2008 10.1
Voting Machines, 2008 10.2
Voting in elections
How are votes counted and kept? Different types of machines in different
states Machines have changed over time
What’s important when people vote? Make sure your vote is counted: accuracy Your vote is your own: secrecy Everyone eligible to vote can vote
Machines should be reliable and maintainable
Voting Machines, 2008 10.3
Voting from an historical perspective
Who wants chocolate, who wants vanilla?
Voting Machines, 2008 10.4
How are votes counted or tabulated?
Ancient Greece, vote to ostracize someone using ostrakon Secret, scratch name on piece of pottery
Voting Machines, 2008 10.5
Ballot stores vote, Italian for ball?
Voting in social clubs, not in government elections
http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/patchwork.html
Voting Machines, 2008 10.6
Voting viva voce, 1846, Missouri
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/
Judge:administers oath to voter
Clerks: record called-out vote
Candidate: asking for vote!
Voting Machines, 2008 10.7
Early ballot, South Carolina
Viva voce leads to Coercion Bribery Intimidation Retaliation
1876, Rutheford B. Hayes Majority electoral votes Minority popular vote New methods investigated
Voting Machines, 2008 10.8
Australian ballot: similar to today
Straight party How to do this?
Individual votes Box or circle?
What is a “mark” Check? Color in?
Voting Machines, 2008 10.9
Disadvantages of paper ballots?
Why do we need machines to help us vote?
Voting Machines, 2008 10.10
Lever voting machine
1890-2008 Hard to maintain Hard to change
ballot Still used in New
York My first NC vote:
1980
How hard is this to use?
Voting Machines, 2008 10.11
What if it’s hard to vote?
Voting Machines, 2008 10.12
Voting video from 1974http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuWRj1db-wE
Voting Machines, 2008 10.13
Different ballots and machines: NY
Voting Machines, 2008 10.14
Different ballots and machines: OR
Voting Machines, 2008 10.15
Optical Scan Ballots
Voting Machines, 2008 10.16
DRE machines can fail
Nov 5, 2008 Machines impounded Straight party ticket
Touch every candidate Cumbersome? Takes time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk85lbN5BXs
Voting Machines, 2008 10.17
What does ‘be prepared’ mean?
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/is_america_ready_to_vote#best